Information Technology (IT)

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Deloitte's Tom Davis Pushes For Contractor Accountability

Jill R. Aitoro | Washington Business Journal | January 23, 2013

Deloitte & Touche director and former U.S. Rep. Tom Davis asked former colleagues on Capitol Hill Tuesday to adopt a procurement model that delivers profits to contractors only when they make good on promised cost savings to government agencies. Read More »

DHS Releases Career Guidance For IT Professionals

Brittany Ballenstedt | Nextgov | February 12, 2013

Many experts have long concluded that the federal government lacks a clear career path for federal IT professionals, making it difficult for government to effectively compete for and retain these professionals. But the Homeland Security Department is hoping to change that... Read More »

Did Politics Help Cause HealthCare.gov Failures?

Joseph Marks | Nextgov | October 17, 2013

There was the government shutdown, which drew to a close late Wednesday and was largely seen as a case of partisan politics hijacking the work of nonpartisan career employees. Then there was the troubled launch of the online health insurance marketplace, HealthCare.gov, which was largely seen as a failure of bureaucracy. Read More »

Digging Into The Open Source Geospatial Software And OpenGeo Suite 3.0

Adena Schutzberg | Directions Magazine | October 8, 2012

On October 2, OpenGeo released a major upgrade to the OpenGeo suite. The company expects users will be excited about enhancements in production and processing and a closer feature match to Esri’s ArcGIS Server. Rolando Peñate, OpenGeo’s product manager, answered our questions about open source geospatial software and the new release. Read More »

Docker And The Rise Of Open Source

Aaref Hilaly | LinkedIn | November 18, 2014

There’s never been a phenomenon like Docker. Eighteen months ago, the company took its core technology, which enables IT people to move software easily between different machines by enclosing it in “containers”, and made it open source...

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DoD and VA Interagency Program Office Awards iEHR System Integration Contract To Systems Made Simple

Press Release | Systems Made Simple (SMS) | October 9, 2012

Systems Made Simple, Inc. (SMS), a leading provider of IT systems and services to support critical architecture, data, and application challenges in the healthcare industry, today announces its contract award to provide management and technical support services for the Integrated Electronic Health Record (iEHR) initiative. Read More »

DoD Gives Industry Homework Around e-health Records, Intel IT Services

Jason Miller | Federal News Radio | October 9, 2013

Despite the government shutdown, the Defense Department is giving industry some homework. Read More »

Dorenfest Institute Updates Health IT Data For Government Researchers

Joyce Lofstrom | Government Health IT | December 19, 2012

The Dorenfest Institute for Health Information Technology, Research and Education, managed by the HIMSS Foundation, the philanthropic arm of HIMSS, has released updated 2010 data from the HIMSS Analytics Database. Read More »

Dr Kogelnik Wins Award For Business Model With Open Medicine Institute!

Staff Writer | Phoenix Rising | November 21, 2012

As part of Global Entrepreneurship Week, Santa Clara County StartUp Cup held their event finals. From a pool of more than 50 applicants, three were recognized for their businesses models. The first place winner was Open Medicine Institute. Read More »

Driving Better Governance With Open Source

Clarice Africa | OpenSource.com | July 1, 2013

"Ten years ago, open source—notably Linux—was often labelled a ‘fad’ or destined for the ‘hobbyist’ market,” said Mark Bohannon, Vice President for Corporate Affairs & Global Public Policy at Red Hat... Read More »

EC Calls For Use Of ICT Standards To Battle IT Vendor-Lock

Gijs Hillenius | European Commission | June 25, 2013

All of Europe's public administrations should use ICT standards "to help alleviate the lock-in of their ICT systems, encourage competition and underpin the development of the European digital single market", the European Commission said today. [...] Read More »

Eclipse Foundation Announces Release Of Hudson 3.0

Press Release | Eclipse Foundation | January 23, 2013

The Eclipse Foundation today announced the release of Hudson 3.0. Used around the world with more than 30,000 installations, Hudson is a continuous integration (CI) server used to significantly improve the software development process. Read More »

Editorial: Time To Fix IT Procurement

Staff Writer | Federal Times | December 1, 2013

Federal chief information officer Steven VanRoekel called the bungled rollout of Healthcare.gov a “teachable moment.” Unfortunately, it is just the latest in a long string of teachable moments concerning federal information technology projects. Read More »

Effective Health IT Is The Heart And Backbone Of A Dominant ACO

Frank X. Speidel | HIT Consultant | May 8, 2013

Frank X. Speidel, MD, Chief Medical Officer for Healthcare IT Leaders outlines why effective Health IT is critical in a successful ACO environment. Read More »

Empowering Innovation One Great Idea At A Time

Katherine McIntire | Nextgov | March 19, 2013

When a State Department employee assigned to the U.S. Consulate in Guangzhou, China, worried that pollution there might harm his children if they played outside, he did what any innovative, over-achieving tech-savvy parent might do -- he created a software application to record air quality as measured by Environmental Protection Agency monitors installed at the facility. Read More »